upcoming VHBL hack on Vita 2.12: updated homebrew compatibility list

June 30, 2013

A few days ago I showed some of my initial test results of Qwikrazor87′s upcoming VHBL hack for Vita 2.12. I was then put in touch with one of his other beta testers who shared his test results with me. Let me show you the updated compatibility list.

Most of these homebrews were taken from the VHBL Homebrew thread here. In the list below, I am sharing the aggregated results of both this tester and myself (based on my previous test results)

Working

Emulators

Gpsp Kai

Nester AoEx R3 (confirmed by 2 testers)

Atari 800

ColEmPSP

Deadalus r13

EmuMaster v3.GX

FinalBUrn Aplpha FBA4PSP CPS123

FCEUltra-PSP

MVSPSP adhoc

NeoGeoPSP

PCEPSP

PLYNX

PSPMame r0.6

PicoDrive (confirmed by 2 testers)

SMS+ Game Gear

cps1psp

cps2psp

fMSX PSP

fuse

snes9xTYL (confirmed by 2 testers)

VIce

Homebrews/Apps

BookR (confirmed by 2 testers)

Lamecraft r56 (confirmed by 2 testers)

Stickman Jump (sometimes freezes when you die)

Kurok

Cube Runner Advanced

Cubynergy

SnakeSP

Left For quake 0.8

CrazySnake

CubicZombies

Guitar Star

JellyCar

Quake Areana

Wagic

Hexen 2

Quake

Doom

Silveredge

Not working

Geometry Wars

PSPFiler

Deadalusx64R777 (confirmed by 2 testers)

PSPkvm

NZP 1.1

Cosmos Lunar

BattleShip

gpSP mod

learnjp09

Polyon Hockey

PspManiaV4

PSPRevolution v0.4

s9xTYLmecm_mod

Xonergy

Pong PSP alpla 5

Doodle Jump 1.3

Atari 5200

emu mame4all v49r2

NeoGeo CD

PSPTI 99

psp2600

scummvm-0.13.0-psp (confirmed by 2 testers)

Duke 3D

OpenTyrian

Note that a “non working” homebrew is not always a fatality. This shows you the results from a few testers in a few sepcific conditions, with the initial release of the hack. There are possibilities that some working versions of the same homebrew exist (such is the case above with Snes9xTYL, which itself works, while some mods of the emulator don’t work), or tricks to make these homebrews work, or that an update of the VHBL port will bring more compatibility.

The lack of compatibility of PSPFiler, however, is a bummer. wMenu does not have any File manager features, and that could become a problem if no alternative exists, if only to delete/reorganize homebrews.

As a reminder, Qwikrazor’s upcoming exploit will be in a game that is only available in the US store. I explain here how you can buy US PSN Credit if you live outside of the US, and we have an ongoing tiny “contest” on twitter to win a $20 PSN Code. In parallel, I got contacted about a possible EU exploit that could be available, and I am following up on that as fast as my free time permits.

Stay tuned!

(Thanks to Qwikrazor87′s testers – who shall remain unnamed for now - for the updated list.)